Autism / Autism Spectrum Support Group

Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder which manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although the specific etiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers.

i have to share!

so adam got a BOY CASTLE for christmas, full of knights and kings and bad guys and good guys and horses. all he wanted to do was line them up and stare at them. sooooo, i got ont he floor and grabbed on of them cnad challenged his knight to a duel! ofcourse he didnt have a clue so i hand over hand taught him how to have the knights duel. he got it right away! woohoo Adam! so we dueled and ofcourse Adams knight always wins :) and gets to send the bad knight to the jail. this is a playskool castle, he loves it!
dad is sitting at the computer during all of this playing his fav poker game and after about 15 minutes he jumps in and they have their duel! yall, this is the very first time in adams little life that he and his dad has played with boy toys together! yup, it made me cry! and it made dad emotional, no tears, you know the man thing, but i could see it in his eyes! i told him after adam went to bed, all it takes is effort and patience and TEACHING HIM HOW. he doesnt know how but wants to learn. so anyways, just wanted to share a very happy and personal christmas with all of you and hope you all had just as wonderful a christmas as we did with the boy castle!

My son got his garbage truck and been playing with it since last night and I joined him and shredded some paper and making the noises and all lol.

This morning I was sleeping cause I've been having bad tooth aches for couple days and was hearing him go on pretend play and talking to his other toys about garbage and stuff about recycling it was great.

omg priscila, that is so great!! It's those moments that make it all worth it. I'm so glad Adam likes his castle. Sam and his daddy are actually playing a board game; the scooby doo haunted house game and he understands it which surprised me. I played with him a little bit but he doesn't want to stop. this makes the sixth time in the past hour and half he has played. I'm so glad for you priscila; i hope you and your family have a great day

merry christmas to you...... thank you for sharing you moment with us.that is soooo sweet.yano i have never heard of this hand over hand that you are talking about.i mean that is what i do with my son but only when we are playing.is there a special technique that goes along with this.oh when we do this with the toys it really does work.bless you and your family wish you the best. chrisann

chrisann: hand over hand, my hand over his hand moving his hand to do whatever it is i am trying to teach him to do. hand over hand :) no real technique, just talking him through it as well, step by step hand over hand :)

i must say this, I BELIEVE IN ADAM! there are/were so many people in his life a yr ago that did not believe in him, I BELIEVE IN HIM! he has come soooooo very far this past yr and that is why i posted the videos for everyone to see. I made an even longer video of him playing ball for his dad to watch in the morning, i am sure he will cry but it will be happy tears, and he will see Adam can do anything he wants to do as long as we believe in him and help him through it and never ever give up as long as he shows one little bit of progress in whatever we are working on!

For a woman.....who knew.....so little.......gave so much.......and the result....was extrodinary! Ya see! P, you had to let dad sit back......ahhhhhh..redicule a bit......then one day......his eyes opened....he now realises, that he can know his son, and I mean really know him!you are such an ANGEL! I know Adam is so blessed to have you, and now, you have shed a new ligt on dad......all the more for Adam.......now dad will be even more adpt to make sure he backs ya up where Adam is concerned........and that moment.......I wish i COULD HAVE FROZEN IN TIME!!!!!! Hugs! Good job momma!!!!!!!!!!

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